Vertex Readies For Commercial Future For Multi-Therapeutic Area R&D Strategy

Chief operating officer Stuart Arbuckle and chief scientific officer David Altshuler talked to Scrip about potential launches in sickle cell disease and pain, and the firm’s expanding pipeline.

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Vertex is planning for several new launches • Source: Shutterstock

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated has been executing well on an R&D strategy to expand the portfolio beyond the company’s core therapeutic area of cystic fibrosis and now, driven by that success, Vertex will soon need to prove it can execute commercially across multiple therapeutic areas as well.

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